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Album: East of Eden (2009)
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  • Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman, who is best known to many for her back-ups on Peter, Bjorn and John's hit Young Folks.
  • Bergsman travelled to Pakistan to record her second album, East of Eden. The bulk of the record's support came from local Pakistani musicians but to Bergsman's regret for cultural reasons, she was unable to get any female musicians involved. The Swedish musician was pleased, then, to recruit the seven-year-old Sodhagar Ali to sing about his mother on this traditional track.

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